*

When Li Haina returned to the dormitory in the evening, she ordered pizza and fried chicken that the older sisters and younger sisters in the dormitory liked to eat and had a small party.

Bae Chu-min, Kang Sung-ki, and Sun Shengwan gave her a big hug and a present that the three of them bought together.

Kissing Maniac Park Soo-young. Yes, hugging maniac Park Soo-young had successfully leveled up in just half a year. She kissed Lee Hae-na on both cheeks and gave her a handmade necklace.

In 1999, Kim Ye-rin moved into their dormitory at the beginning of 2004. Lee Hae-na found out from Sun Shengwan's phone call, so she received a copy of the letter from America.

Although Kim Ye-rin was young, she was not afraid of strangers at all. She was especially good at chatting and was famous for being a socialite in S.M Company.

She also gave Lee Hae-na a small gift, which was a very beautiful aromatherapy candle.

While the other sisters were chatting, Kim Ye-rin quietly pulled Lee Hae-na to the side and asked mysteriously, "Hae-na Augny, how did you grow so tall?

I heard from Xi Che Oppa that you were only 1.55 meters a year ago. "Kim Ye-rin, who was currently 1.55 meters tall, was very sad.

Lee Hae-na looked at Kim Ye-rin's sad face. She was so cute that she really wanted to rub her face and hair.

She finally understood why Kim Hee-chul liked to tease her so much back then. It was because she was really cute when she was small!

"How about strawberry milk?" Lee Hae-na thought about her own recipe and carefully suggested.

Kim Ye-rin's eyes lit up. "Okay!"

Kim Ye-rin, who was still 1.60 meters after three years, thought, I really don't believe you.

But this is a story for later, so let's not talk about it for now.

…

Lee Hae-na returned to Class A. Once again, she began her arduous trainee life of waking up at 6 am and going to bed at 12 am.

The worst thing was that she had to start making up for her studies in the second half of the year …

Lee Hae-na returned to Hanlin High School of Arts. After canceling her suspension, she was informed that she had to take the final exam, so her life became a little harder.

Lee Hae-na: Live on with a smile.

2014 was probably a bad year for S.M Company.

Following the incident of 0515, on the 19th of June, the relationship between EXO member Bo Hyun and the captain of Girls' Generation, Kim Tae-yeon, was exposed, causing a huge uproar.

In July of the same year, F (X) member Cui Xueli was exposed to be in a relationship with singer Cui Zi, who was 20 years older than her.

Lee Hae-na watched her siblings tremble in fear every day. She couldn't help but sigh at how things had been going for S.M Company recently.

On the 10th of July, Lee Hae-na, Bae Chu-min, Kang Sung-ki, Park Soo-young, and Sun Shengwan were suddenly called to Kim Young-min's office.

Under the cover of the five faces, they were informed that they would debut as a five-member group, RED VELVET, on the 1st of August.

Lee Hae-na:???

Was their debut so rash?

Among the five of them, three of them were already S.M Company members.

Originally, Kim Young-min and Lee Soo-man planned to wait 15 years for all five of them to go public before debuting.

However, with so many things happening in the company and the share price falling, they had to take measures to calm the public down.

Therefore, the original debut plan was changed at the last minute. They originally planned to use the "ice" that Lee Hae-na handed over in May.

cream

Cake "was to be their debut song. Later, they chose another song," Happiness. "

However, Lee Hae-na was still very happy about this sudden debut. Originally, she didn't even know if she had a chance to debut.

Although it was a little rushed now, she was about to debut.

Even when she returned to the dormitory after practice at night, Lee Hae-na still couldn't accept this sudden good news.

The thing that she had been looking forward to for so many years suddenly came true?

Forgive her for finding it hard to believe that everything that happened today wasn't a dream that she had imagined.

Lee Hae-na wasn't the only one who couldn't believe it.

The five of them tossed and turned repeatedly, afraid that everything in front of them would disappear if they closed their eyes. When they woke up tomorrow, they would still be the trainees waiting to debut.

The company informed them to call their parents over to sign the contract within a week. Next, they would have to shoot the debut trailer, poster, various photos, makeup, and hair, debut song recording, dance practice, MV shooting … In short, they would be very busy.

As soon as Lee Hae-na received the message, she called her parents and sent a message to Xu Yiyang, because her phone would be confiscated soon.

Lee Hae-na rubbed her phone and couldn't help but send a message to Kim Tae-hyung and Park Ji-ho?.

F * ck, tell them that she was going to debut.

Although this was not in accordance with the company's rules, if she didn't say anything and they didn't say anything, who would know?

To be on the safe side, after sending the message, Lee Hae-na put them on the blacklist, in case their agent sister saw them when they replied to the message.

Although she wasn't sleepy and was excited, Lee Hae-na forced herself to fall asleep when she thought of how many things she still had to do.

*

Probably to compensate for their rushed debut, the conditions of their contracts were slightly relaxed. Among the newcomers in the same company, their treatment was considered good.

The two girls' stage names were also decided. Park Soo-young was Joy, and Lee Hae-na was Lena.

Lee Hae-na's parents didn't stay long after signing the contract. They only told her to take good care of herself and left her a sum of money.

They knew that Lee Hae-na was going to be busy with a lot of things and wouldn't have time to tour with them. Since they weren't interested in Korea, they returned to China to deal with their business.

The five of them moved into a new dormitory near Hongda University. There were three rooms and one living room, neither big nor small, but all the facilities were complete.

Lee Hae-na and Park Soo-young shared a room, Kang Sung-ki and Bae Chu-min shared a room, and Sun Shengwan and her agent sister shared a room.

The night they moved in, Park Soo-young excitedly talked to Lee Hae-na for the whole night. Lee Hae-na was so sleepy that she wanted to hit her.

Lee Hae-na missed her old roommate, Xu Yiyang.

Each of them had their own representative color. Bae Chu-min's was red, Lee Hae-na's was orange, Kang Sung-ki's was yellow, Wen Shengwan's was blue, and Park Soo-young's was green.

The bottom half of their hair was also dyed in their respective representative colors. They looked like they were about to perform an awkward dance at the entrance of the village …

In short, as long as the company was happy …

A week before their debut, exo member Lu Han left the team.

…

Anyway, there were so many things happening recently that Lee Hae-na wasn't surprised.

She already had a feeling that she was probably the only idol who only had haters and no fans.

She rubbed her face, took a deep breath, threw the complicated thoughts out of her mind, and continued to practice the song 'Happiness'.

Her position was the lead singer like Sun Shengwan, so her singing had to be flawless.

*

2014.08.01

Today, Lee Hae-na and the others were woken up by their agent at three o 'clock in the morning. They went to the beauty salon to prepare for their first debut at the music bank.

Lee Hae-na hurriedly washed up, put on her iPod and headphones, and fell asleep while listening to music in the minivan.

She couldn't sleep until one o 'clock last night, so she only slept for two hours.

In fact, she personally liked the debut date. Although it was rushed, it was Army Day, so it was meaningful!

Their debut song was playing on the iPod. Lee Hae-na had listened to it thousands of times this month, and she was almost physiologically disgusted.

But although she felt uncomfortable, she still didn't dare to not listen to it. She was afraid that she would make a mistake on stage and be scolded badly.

The five girls in the car were very quiet. They were either sleeping or listening to the song. The atmosphere was a bit depressing.

Park Soo-young's palms were almost wet. She couldn't sleep last night, so she didn't feel sleepy at all. She was holding the mirror and practicing her expressions.

Sun Shengwan had been humming his part in a low voice. Bae Chu-min was like Lee Hae-na, catching up on sleep. Kang Sung-ki was practicing her dance moves.

The car arrived at the KBS in Jurong Island at five o 'clock.

Fans with cannons stood on both sides of the road.

There were also a few senior groups returning at the same time. In addition, Red Velvet's debut attracted a lot of attention, so there were a lot of people waiting.

Lee Hae-na, who was woken up by Sun Shengwan, saw the sea of people outside and suddenly felt a little scared.

She even wanted to retreat for a second.

"Let's cheer for them." Captain Bae Chu-min saw that everyone was nervous and took the responsibility to encourage the members.

“RedVelvet

Fighting! "The five of them put their hands together and then raised them high on the roof of the car.

The atmosphere became a lot better.

When they got out of the car, Park Soo-young's sweaty hand suddenly held hers.

Lee Hae-na turned her head and saw Park Soo-young smiling.

To be honest, Lee Hae-na could see that she was also very nervous. Her smile was very forced, but she magically gained courage from Park Soo-young's ugly smile.

She held Park Soo-young's hand and followed Captain Bae Chu-min out of the car.

Bae Chu-min, Kang Sung-ki, and Sun Shengwan were all public trainees. At this time, there were already fans shouting their names. Although there weren't many, when they heard it, it was always exciting.

Lee Hae-na put on the commercial smile that she had practiced for a long time. Because of her dimples, her smile looked sweet and sincere, which was especially advantageous.

Park Soo-young tried to be as cheerful as possible. Along the way, she whispered some incoherent words to Lee Hae-na and showed a refreshing smile.

The passage was very short, and it took about 30 seconds to finish.

The five of them felt like they had gone to a sweat sauna. Their backs were so nervous that they were drenched in sweat.

The pre-recording stage for the debut was half-open. The first time was the rehearsal, and then they went backstage to remember the close-ups and the positions of the camera to see the effect of the first recording.

The second time was the official recording. Lee Hae-na was unexpectedly calm and completed her debut perfectly. She only started to tremble when she got off the stage.

Park Soo-young was too nervous. When she saw the stage, she found that she was laughing exaggeratedly.

Because the sound source and the stage were only announced on the fourth, they didn't have any other plans for the time being. After the music bank, they went back to the company to continue practicing.

The five girls chattered in the car about the performance that they had just performed on the stage. They were excited and excited.

They felt like they were playing a celebrity game.

Because there was a variety show coming up, they went back to the company and had a series of art training classes.

Bae Chu-min and Kang Sung-ki started this class in 2012. Park Soo-young and Sun Shengwan also started training at the beginning of 2014. Only Lee Hae-na was like a blank piece of paper.

When she went to the company for the first three years, she was still learning Korean. She didn't understand many words, let alone the jokes, so she didn't go to the art class.

After that, she focused on the training of composition. Naturally, she didn't have any art classes.

In 2014, she was sent directly to the United States. When she came back, the company was still considering whether to let her debut, so it was impossible to arrange any new classes for her.

Next was the debut of a girl group that was decided at the last minute to calm the storm. There wasn't enough time for singing and dancing, let alone classes.

In short, it dragged on until now …

It was a headache.

Lee Hae-na had no problem singing, dancing, composing, and playing instruments. The only thing she didn't know was how to be funny.

She wasn't a humorous person since she was young. Even telling jokes was as boring as reading a thesis. When she played games, she didn't have any desire to win. The company didn't know what kind of image they wanted to create for her.

If they said she was cold and aloof, her dimples would break her image when she smiled.

If they said she was energetic and happy, her expressions weren't as rich as Park Soo-young's.

If they said she was gentle and quiet, her image overlapped with Bae Chu-min's.

If they said she was black-bellied and sharp-tongued, she didn't have the ability to say golden sentences.